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| Ethiopic | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+1200..U+137F (384 code points) |
| Plane | BMP |
| Scripts | Ethiopic |
| Major alphabets | Geʽez |
| Assigned | 358 code points |
| Unused | 26 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 3.0 (1999) | 345 (+345) |
| 4.1 (2005) | 356 (+11) |
| 6.0 (2010) | 358 (+2) |
| Unicode documentation | |
| Code chart ∣ Web page | |
| Note: [1][2] | |
Ethiopic is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Geʽez, Tigrinya, Amharic, Tigre, Harari, Gurage and other Ethiosemitic languages and Central Cushitic languages or Agaw languages.
| Ethiopic[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+120x | ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ | ሇ | ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ | ሏ |
| U+121x | ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ | ሗ | መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ | ሟ |
| U+122x | ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ | ሧ | ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ | ሯ |
| U+123x | ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ | ሷ | ሸ | ሹ | ሺ | ሻ | ሼ | ሽ | ሾ | ሿ |
| U+124x | ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ | ቇ | ቈ | ቊ | ቋ | ቌ | ቍ | |||
| U+125x | ቐ | ቑ | ቒ | ቓ | ቔ | ቕ | ቖ | ቘ | ቚ | ቛ | ቜ | ቝ | ||||
| U+126x | በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ | ቧ | ቨ | ቩ | ቪ | ቫ | ቬ | ቭ | ቮ | ቯ |
| U+127x | ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ | ቷ | ቸ | ቹ | ቺ | ቻ | ቼ | ች | ቾ | ቿ |
| U+128x | ኀ | ኁ | ኂ | ኃ | ኄ | ኅ | ኆ | ኇ | ኈ | ኊ | ኋ | ኌ | ኍ | |||
| U+129x | ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ | ኗ | ኘ | ኙ | ኚ | ኛ | ኜ | ኝ | ኞ | ኟ |
| U+12Ax | አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ | ኧ | ከ | ኩ | ኪ | ካ | ኬ | ክ | ኮ | ኯ |
| U+12Bx | ኰ | ኲ | ኳ | ኴ | ኵ | ኸ | ኹ | ኺ | ኻ | ኼ | ኽ | ኾ | ||||
| U+12Cx | ዀ | ዂ | ዃ | ዄ | ዅ | ወ | ዉ | ዊ | ዋ | ዌ | ው | ዎ | ዏ | |||
| U+12Dx | ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ | ዘ | ዙ | ዚ | ዛ | ዜ | ዝ | ዞ | ዟ | |
| U+12Ex | ዠ | ዡ | ዢ | ዣ | ዤ | ዥ | ዦ | ዧ | የ | ዩ | ዪ | ያ | ዬ | ይ | ዮ | ዯ |
| U+12Fx | ደ | ዱ | ዲ | ዳ | ዴ | ድ | ዶ | ዷ | ዸ | ዹ | ዺ | ዻ | ዼ | ዽ | ዾ | ዿ |
| U+130x | ጀ | ጁ | ጂ | ጃ | ጄ | ጅ | ጆ | ጇ | ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ | ጏ |
| U+131x | ጐ | ጒ | ጓ | ጔ | ጕ | ጘ | ጙ | ጚ | ጛ | ጜ | ጝ | ጞ | ጟ | |||
| U+132x | ጠ | ጡ | ጢ | ጣ | ጤ | ጥ | ጦ | ጧ | ጨ | ጩ | ጪ | ጫ | ጬ | ጭ | ጮ | ጯ |
| U+133x | ጰ | ጱ | ጲ | ጳ | ጴ | ጵ | ጶ | ጷ | ጸ | ጹ | ጺ | ጻ | ጼ | ጽ | ጾ | ጿ |
| U+134x | ፀ | ፁ | ፂ | ፃ | ፄ | ፅ | ፆ | ፇ | ፈ | ፉ | ፊ | ፋ | ፌ | ፍ | ፎ | ፏ |
| U+135x | ፐ | ፑ | ፒ | ፓ | ፔ | ፕ | ፖ | ፗ | ፘ | ፙ | ፚ | ፝ | ፞ | ፟ | ||
| U+136x | ፠ | ፡ | ። | ፣ | ፤ | ፥ | ፦ | ፧ | ፨ | ፩ | ፪ | ፫ | ፬ | ፭ | ፮ | ፯ |
| U+137x | ፰ | ፱ | ፲ | ፳ | ፴ | ፵ | ፶ | ፷ | ፸ | ፹ | ፺ | ፻ | ፼ | |||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||||
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Ethiopic block:
| Version | Final code points[a] | Count | UTC ID | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | U+1200..1206, 1208..1246, 1248, 124A..124D, 1250..1256, 1258, 125A..125D, 1260..1286, 1288, 128A..128D, 1290..12AE, 12B0, 12B2..12B5, 12B8..12BE, 12C0, 12C2..12C5, 12C8..12CE, 12D0..12D6, 12D8..12EE, 12F0..130E, 1310, 1312..1315, 1318..131E, 1320..1346, 1348..135A, 1361..137C | 345 | UTC/1991-043 | Becker, Joe, Ethiopian | ||
| X3L2/92-143 | N807 | Mann, Michael; Ross, Hugh McGregor (1992-05-14), Comments on Ethiopian Script | ||||
| UTC/1995-013 | Becker, Joe (1995-02-26), Proposal for Ethiopian Encoding in Unicode/10646 | |||||
| N1165 | Everson, Michael (1995-03-11), Names of Ethiopian characters | |||||
| UTC/1995-055b | Yacob, Daniel (1995-10-06), Ethiopic Glyphs Variants | |||||
| X3L2/95-116 | N1270 | Ross, Hugh McGregor (1995-10-12), Proposal for Inclusion of Ethiopian-Eritrean Syllabary | ||||
| UTC/1995-055a | X3L2/95-134 | N1326 | Becker, Joe (1995-12-07), Conclusive Proposal for Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary | |||
| UTC/1996-002 | Aliprand, Joan; Hart, Edwin; Greenfield, Steve (1996-03-05), "Ethiopic", UTC #67 Minutes | |||||
| N1372 | Ross, Hugh McGregor (1996-04-23), Update on N 1270 and N 1326 - Ethiopic | |||||
| UTC/1996-024 | X3L2/96-067 | Everson, Michael; Becker, Joe (1996-06-04), Michael Everson Response to SOAS | ||||
| UTC/1996-025 | Becker, Joe, Follow up response to WG2 N1326 re Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary | |||||
| N1353 | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1996-06-25), "8.4", Draft minutes of WG2 Copenhagen Meeting # 30 | |||||
| N1420 | Becker, Joe (1996-07-27), Conclusive Proposal for Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary, Update | |||||
| X3L2/96-119 | N1485 | Adams, Glenn (1996-12-01), Proposed Draft Amendment No. 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 | ||||
| N1453 | Ksar, Mike; Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1996-12-06), "8.5", WG 2 Minutes - Quebec Meeting 31 | |||||
| X3L2/96-123 | Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1996-12-18), "6.2.3", Preliminary Minutes - UTC #71 & X3L2 #168 ad hoc meeting, San Diego - December 5-6, 1996 | |||||
| L2/97-003 | Paterson, Bruce (1997-01-28), Combined PDAM registration and ballot for FPDAM 10: Ethiopic script | |||||
| N1594 | Summary of Voting/Table of Replies, Amendment 10 – Ethiopic, 1997-06-17 | |||||
| L2/97-159 | N1614 | Resolving Japanese Comments on pDAM 10 [Ethiopic], 1997-07-01 | ||||
| L2/97-288 | N1603 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "6.2", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997 | ||||
| L2/97-276 | N1630 | Report on JTC1/SC2 letter ballot on FPDAM No. 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Ethiopic Script), 1997-12-01 | ||||
| L2/98-018 | Disposition of Comments Report on Document SC 2 N 2805, Combined PDAM Registration and FPDAM ballot: Amendment 10: Ethioptic Script, 1998-01-14 | |||||
| L2/98-316 | Notices of publication for various amendments and standards | |||||
| L2/99-122 | Clews, John (1999-03-31), Ordering labio-velar characters in Ethiopic | |||||
| L2/00-282 | Everson, Michael (2000-08-25), Proposed glyph fixes for Ethiopic pages in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 | |||||
| 4.1 | U+1207, 1247, 1287, 12AF, 12CF, 12EF, 130F, 131F, 1347, 135F..1360 | 11 | UTC/1991-026 | X3L2/91-024 | Anderson, Lloyd (1991-02-26), On the Extended Ethiopic Alphabet | |
| L2/98-300 | N1846 | Everson, Michael; Yacob, Daniel (1998-09-11), Proposal to encode Ethiopic Extensions in the BMP of ISO/IEC 10646 | ||||
| L2/04-143 | N2747 | Yacob, Daniel (2004-04-23), Revision of the N1846 Proposal to add Extended Ethiopic to the BMP of the UCS | ||||
| L2/04-265R | N2814R | Everson, Michael; Yacob, Daniel (2004-06-18), Revisions proposed to N2747 (Extended Ethiopic) | ||||
| L2/11-261R2 | Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "Consensus 128-C6", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes, Change the general category from "So" to "Po" ... [U+1360] | |||||
| 6.0 | U+135D..135E | 2 | L2/09-050R | N3572 | Priest, Lorna (2009-02-05), Proposal to Encode Additional Ethiopic Characters | |
| L2/09-003R | Moore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "B.15.16", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes | |||||
| L2/09-234 | N3603 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.11", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54 | ||||
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